Command UI in Rich Text Editor

• Jul 21, 2021
• 4 minutes to read

You can add a set of toolbars or ribbon tabs to your Rich Text Editor application. Toolbars and ribbons contain commands that allow users to perform basic operations (format and edit text, create lists, add headers and footers, insert tables, mail merge, etc.). For examples on how to add a command UI to the RichEditControl, refer to the following help topic: Getting Started.

Tip

Bar and ribbon items are generated with vector icons. To switch to bitmap icons, set the WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDefaultSvgImages property to DefaultBoolean.False on application startup.

This topic lists available toolbars, commands corresponding to buttons on each toolbar and ribbon group, and other topics related to these features.

• File
• Home
• Insert
• Page Layout
• References
• Mail Merge
• Review
• View
• Header & Footer Tools
• Table Tools
• Picture Tools

File

Ribbon Page Group	Toolbar	Commands	Read more…
		UndoCommand RedoCommand CreateEmptyDocumentCommand LoadDocumentCommand SaveDocumentCommand SaveDocumentAsCommand QuickPrintCommand PrintCommand PrintPreviewCommand ShowDocumentPropertiesFormCommand DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Commands.EncryptDocumentCommand	Import and Export Supported Formats How to: Create a New Document with the RichEdit Control How to: Load a Document into the RichEditControl How to: Save a Document in the RichEdit Control Restrictions and Protection

Home

Ribbon Page Group	Toolbar	Commands	Read more…
		CutSelectionCommand CopySelectionCommand PasteSelectionCommand ShowPasteSpecialFormCommand	Paste Special Dialog
		ChangeFontNameCommand ChangeFontSizeCommand DecreaseFontSizeCommand IncreaseFontSizeCommand ClearFormattingCommand ToggleFontBoldCommand ToggleFontItalicCommand ToggleFontUnderlineCommand ToggleFontDoubleUnderlineCommand ToggleFontStrikeoutCommand ToggleFontDoubleStrikeoutCommand ToggleFontSubscriptCommand ToggleFontSuperscriptCommand MakeTextUpperCaseCommand MakeTextLowerCaseCommand ToggleTextCaseCommand ChangeFontColorCommand ChangeFontBackColorCommand ShowFontFormCommand	Text Formatting How to: Change Formatting of Selected Text Font Dialog
		ToggleBulletedListCommand ToggleSimpleNumberingListCommand ToggleMultiLevelListCommand DecrementIndentCommand IncrementIndentCommand SetSingleParagraphSpacingCommand SetSesquialteralParagraphSpacingCommand SetDoubleParagraphSpacingCommand AddSpacingBeforeParagraphCommand AddSpacingAfterParagraphCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentLeftCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentCenterCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentRightCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentJustifyCommand ChangeParagraphBackColorCommand ToggleShowWhitespaceCommand ShowParagraphFormCommand ToggleParagraphRightToLeftCommand ToggleParagraphLeftToRightCommand	Paragraphs Paragraph and Tabs Dialogs Text Formatting
		RtlToggleBulletedListCommand RtlToggleMultiLevelListCommand RtlToggleSimpleNumberingListCommand RtlDecrementIndentCommand RtlIncrementIndentCommand ToggleParagraphRightToLeftCommand ToggleParagraphLeftToRightCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentLeftCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentCenterCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentRightCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentArabicJustifyCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentArabicJustifyGroupCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentJustifyCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentJustifyHighCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentJustifyLowCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentJustifyMediumCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentDistributeCommand ToggleParagraphAlignmentThaiDistributeCommand ToggleShowWhitespaceCommand SetSingleParagraphSpacingCommand SetSesquialteralParagraphSpacingCommand SetDoubleParagraphSpacingCommand AddSpacingBeforeParagraphCommand AddSpacingAfterParagraphCommand ChangeParagraphBackColorCommand ShowParagraphFormCommand	Paragraphs Paragraph and Tabs Dialogs Text Formatting
		ShowEditStyleFormCommand
		FindCommand ReplaceCommand	How to: Customize the Search Form Find and Replace Dialog

Note

If you hide items in the Paragraph group, make sure that items for RTL text are also hidden.

Insert

Ribbon Page Group	Toolbar	Commands	Read more…
		InsertPageBreakCommand	Sections
		InsertTableCommand	Tables Table Layout Dialogs
		InsertFloatingObjectPictureCommand	Shapes
		CreateBookmarkCommand CreateHyperlinkCommand EditHyperlinkCommand RichEditHyperlinkCommandBase ShowHyperlinkFormCommand	Hyperlinks and Bookmarks Bookmark Dialog Edit Hyperlink Dialog
		EditPageHeaderCommand EditPageFooterCommand InsertPageNumberFieldCommand InsertPageCountFieldCommand	Headers and Footers How to: Insert Page Numbers in Header or Footer
		InsertTextBoxCommand	Shapes
		ShowSymbolFormCommand	Symbol Dialog

Page Layout

Ribbon Page Group	Toolbar	Commands	Read more…
		Margins: SetNormalSectionPageMarginsCommand SetNarrowSectionPageMarginsCommand SetModerateSectionPageMarginsCommand SetWideSectionPageMarginsCommand Orientation: SetLandscapePageOrientationCommand SetPortraitPageOrientationCommand Size: ChangeSectionPaperKindCommand Columns: SetSectionOneColumnCommand SetSectionTwoColumnsCommand SetSectionThreeColumnsCommand ShowColumnsSetupFormCommand Breaks: InsertPageBreakCommand InsertColumnBreakCommand InsertSectionBreakNextPageCommand InsertSectionBreakEvenPageCommand InsertSectionBreakOddPageCommand InsertSectionBreakContinuousCommand Line Numbers: SetSectionLineNumberingNoneCommand SetSectionLineNumberingContinuousCommand SetSectionLineNumberingRestartNewPageCommand SetSectionLineNumberingRestartNewSectionCommand ToggleParagraphSuppressLineNumbersCommand ShowLineNumberingFormCommand Hyphenation: SetHyphenateDocumentAutomaticCommand SetHyphenateDocumentNoneCommand ChangeHyphenationOptionsCommand	Document Layout Sections Line Numbering How to: Configure the Page Layout Programmatically How to: Create a Three-Column Layout with Uniform Columns Columns Dialog Line Numbers Dialog Page Setup Dialog
		ChangePageColorCommand

References

Ribbon Page Group	Toolbar	Commands	Read more…
		InsertTableOfContentsCommand UpdateTableOfContentsCommand SetParagraphBodyTextLevelCommand SetParagraphHeading1LevelCommand SetParagraphHeading2LevelCommand SetParagraphHeading3LevelCommand SetParagraphHeading4LevelCommand SetParagraphHeading5LevelCommand SetParagraphHeading6LevelCommand SetParagraphHeading7LevelCommand SetParagraphHeading8LevelCommand SetParagraphHeading9LevelCommand SetParagraphBodyTextLevelCommand	Table of Contents
		InsertFiguresCaptionCommand InsertTablesCaptionCommand InsertEquationsCaptionCommand InsertTableOfFiguresCommand InsertTableOfTablesCommand InsertTableOfEquationsCommand UpdateTableOfContentsCommand
		InsertFootnoteCommand InsertEndnoteCommand NextFootnoteCommand NextEndnoteCommand PreviousFootnoteCommand PreviousEndnoteCommand OpenShowNoteFormCommand ShowNotesFormCommand	Footnotes and Endnotes

Mail Merge

Ribbon Page Group	Toolbar	Commands	Read more…
		ToggleViewMergedDataCommand ShowAllFieldCodesCommand ShowAllFieldResultsCommand FirstDataRecordCommand PreviousDataRecordCommand NextDataRecordCommand LastDataRecordCommand MailMergeSaveDocumentAsCommand	Mail Merge Fields Field Codes Insert Merge Field Dialog RichEditControl.CustomizeMergeFields

Review

Ribbon Page Group	Toolbar	Commands	Read more…
		ProtectDocumentCommand ShowRangeEditingPermissionsFormCommand UnprotectDocumentCommand	Restrictions and Protection Range Permissions Document Protection Dialogs Editing Permissions Dialog
		CheckSpellingCommand ShowLanguageFormCommand	Spell Checking
		NewCommentCommand NextCommentCommand PreviousCommentCommand DeleteOneCommentCommand	Comments
		ToggleTrackChangesCommand ToggleTrackChangesBarItemCommand ToggleLockTrackingCommand ChangeDisplayForReviewModeCommand ShowMarkupCommand ViewCommentsCommand ReviewersCommand ShowReviewingPaneCommand	Track Changes Comments
		AcceptAllChangesCommand AcceptAllChangesAndStopTracking AcceptAllChangesShownCommand RejectAllChangesCommand RejectAllChangesAndStopTracking RejectAllChangesShownCommand NextChangeCommand PreviousChangeCommand	Track Changes

View

Ribbon Page Group	Toolbar	Commands	Read more…
		SwitchToSimpleViewCommand SwitchToDraftViewCommand SwitchToPrintLayoutViewCommand	Views
		ToggleShowHorizontalRulerCommand ToggleShowVerticalRulerCommand	How to: Hide or Show ScrollBars and Rulers
		ZoomOutCommand ZoomInCommand

Header and Footer Tools

Ribbon Page Group	Toolbar	Commands	Read more…
		GoToPageHeaderCommand GoToPageFooterCommand GoToNextPageHeaderFooterCommand GoToPreviousPageHeaderFooterCommand ToggleHeaderFooterLinkToPreviousCommand	Headers and Footers
		ToggleDifferentFirstPageCommand ToggleDifferentOddAndEvenPagesCommand
		ClosePageHeaderFooterCommand

Table Tools

Ribbon Page Group	Toolbar	Commands	Read more…
		ToggleFirstRowCommand ToggleFirstColumnCommand ToggleLastRowCommand ToggleLastColumnCommand ToggleBandedRowsCommand ToggleBandedColumnsCommand	Tables Table Properties Dialogs Table Layout Dialogs
		ShowTableStyleFormCommand
		ChangeCurrentBorderRepositoryItemColorCommand ChangeCurrentBorderRepositoryItemLineThicknessCommand Shading: ChangeTableCellsShadingCommand Borders: ToggleTableCellsBottomBorderCommand ToggleTableCellsTopBorderCommand ToggleTableCellsLeftBorderCommand ToggleTableCellsRightBorderCommand ResetTableCellsBordersCommand ToggleTableCellsAllBordersCommand ToggleTableCellsOutsideBorderCommand ToggleTableCellsInsideBorderCommand ToggleTableCellsInsideHorizontalBorderCommand ToggleTableCellsInsideVerticalBorderCommand ToggleShowTableGridLinesCommand
		SelectTableCellCommand SelectTableColumnsCommand SelectTableRowCommand SelectTableCommand ToggleShowTableGridLinesCommand ShowTablePropertiesFormCommand
		ShowDeleteTableCellsFormCommand DeleteTableColumnsCommand DeleteTableRowsCommand DeleteTableCommand InsertTableRowAboveCommand InsertTableRowBelowCommand InsertTableColumnToTheLeftCommand InsertTableColumnToTheRightCommand ShowInsertTableCellsFormCommand
		MergeTableCellsCommand ShowSplitTableCellsFormCommand SplitTableCommand
		ToggleTableAutoFitContentsCommand ToggleTableAutoFitWindowCommand ToggleTableFixedColumnWidthCommand
		ToggleTableCellsTopLeftAlignmentCommand ToggleTableCellsTopCenterAlignmentCommand ToggleTableCellsTopRightAlignmentCommand ToggleTableCellsMiddleLeftAlignmentCommand ToggleTableCellsMiddleCenterAlignmentCommand ToggleTableCellsMiddleRightAlignmentCommand ToggleTableCellsBottomLeftAlignmentCommand ToggleTableCellsBottomCenterAlignmentCommand ToggleTableCellsBottomRightAlignmentCommand

Picture Tools

Ribbon Page Group	Toolbar	Commands	Read more…
		ChangeFloatingObjectFillColorCommand ChangeFloatingObjectOutlineColorCommand ChangeFloatingObjectOutlineWidthCommand	Shapes
		Wrap Type: SetFloatingObjectBehindTextWrapTypeCommand SetFloatingObjectInFrontOfTextWrapTypeCommand SetFloatingObjectSquareTextWrapTypeCommand SetFloatingObjectThroughTextWrapTypeCommand SetFloatingObjectTightTextWrapTypeCommand SetFloatingObjectTopAndBottomTextWrapTypeCommand SetFloatingObjectInlineWithTextWrapTypeCommand Position: SetFloatingObjectBottomCenterAlignmentCommand SetFloatingObjectBottomLeftAlignmentCommand SetFloatingObjectBottomRightAlignmentCommand SetFloatingObjectMiddleCenterAlignmentCommand SetFloatingObjectMiddleLeftAlignmentCommand SetFloatingObjectMiddleRightAlignmentCommand SetFloatingObjectTopCenterAlignmentCommand SetFloatingObjectTopLeftAlignmentCommand SetFloatingObjectTopRightAlignmentCommand Bring Forward: FloatingObjectBringForwardCommand FloatingObjectBringInFrontOfTextCommand FloatingObjectBringToFrontCommand Send Backward: FloatingObjectSendBackwardCommand FloatingObjectSendBehindTextCommand FloatingObjectSendToBackCommand

Note

Commands executed via the Bar (Ribbon) user interface can throw unhandled exceptions if a problem occurs. Consider the situation when a document is being saved to a locked or read-only file. To prevent application failure, subscribe to the RichEditControl.UnhandledException event and set the RichEditUnhandledExceptionEventArgs.Handled property to true.